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Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, 

PHILADELPHIA, 

With an interesting account of the Engagement which 
resulted in her capture. 



N^QVEMB^R, 1868. 



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HISTORY OF THE REBEL RAM 
"ATLANTA," 

Now on Exhibition at Foot of Washington St., 
For the BENEFBT of the 

Union Volunteer Eefreshment Saloon. 



It gives us great pleasure to announce that we have pro- 
cured the Rebel Ram "ATLANTA," from the United States 
Government, for a short period, to gratify the public curi- 
osity, and to add to our fund, which we expect will be 
heavily taxed for the next few months, by the passing troops. 

This ship is reported to have been built by the voluntary 
sale of Jewelry of Southern Ladies, at a cost of $1,500,000. 
So confident were they of her success in capturing the Mon- 
itors sent against her, that numbers of these misguided 
daughters of the South, accompanied her in two steamboats, 
to the scene of conflict, expecting to return with her cap- 
tured antagonists, the proceedings to Avind up with a grand 
Ball in honor of her success. 

They will be doubtless gratified to learn that the "Atlan- 
ta" is now doing a noble work, in replenishing the funds of 
an Institution organized for the purpose of feeding Union 
Soldiers. 

j|@=° We are indebted to Mr. ROBERT S. DAVIS, of the 
Philadelphia Inquirer, who was at Port Royal at the time of 
her capture, for the following History of this vessel, which 
will be read with interest. 

Committee of the Union Refreshment Saloon. 



Special Correspondence of the Inquirer. 

Port Royal, S. C, June 19, 18G3. 

Now that the smoke of the late brilliant naval action in this vicinity has 
cleared away and the " Atlanta," flying the " Stars and Stripes," is riding 
safely at anchor in this harbor, within hailing distance of the " "Wabash" 
and other respectable United States sea-dogs. 1 am able from a personal in- 
spection of the ci-aft, as well as from an account which I have gathered from 
eye-witnesses, to furnish your reailers with an intelligible description of 
the capture (f the "Atlanta" by the " Weehawken." And first, we may 
as well settle the nativity of said vessel, as much discussion has already 
arisen here as to whether she is, or was, the "Fingal," the "Georgia," or 
the " Atlanta." 

SHE IS ALL THREE. 

You will recollect, that upon the 12th of November, 1861, the "Fingal," 
an English, Clyde-built steamer, ran the blockade, and carried a valuable 
cargo of arms and aumiunition in to the Rebels at Savannah. She had 
aboard of her also, several batteries of the celebrated Blakeley guns, which 
the Rebels immediately mounted in Fort Pulaski, and which fell into our 
hands when we captured that fort. In the following January the I'.ebels 
having loaded the "i'ingal" with a cargo of one thousand bales of cotton, 
endeavored to re-run the blockade, but were detected by oxir cruisers, and 
driven back up tlie Savannah river. After this occurrence the idea seemed to 
occur to them that the "Fingal" miglit be converted into an iron-clad, and 
to this result they have industriously devdted themselves for the last four- 
teen months. After she was near ompletion her name was changed to the 
'•Georgia," and sulisequently slie received u new christening as the " Atlan- 
ta," which name she has borne for over six months. 

ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE TO SEA. 

From a perusal of her log-book, which was captured, together with her 
other valuables, I learn, by an entry made on the 24th day of January, 1863, 
that the '• Atlanta" then having been fully completed was ordered to engage 
our blockading squadron and Fort Pulaski, and in tbe general fire run out 
to sea. In accordance with this programme she was fully manned and 
equipped for her voyage, and her sides slushed for action. But Admiral 
Dupont having been advised of this intended movement, by deserters from 
Savannah, immediately adopted such precautions that the "Atlanta's" offi- 
cers, seeing that their plans had been betrayed, immediately gave up their 
adventure although their craft was in sight both of the blockading fleet and 
Pulaski. She returned to Savannah, and attempted nothing serious until 
lately, which adventure is the subject of the present letter. 

PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE AT SAVANNAH. 

On the 7th instant it was announced that the "Atlanta" was about to 
achieve the most signal victory of the war, and properly christen the newly 
adopted Confederate flag. The people in Savannah were jubilant, and as- 
sembled e7i maiise upon the wharves to bid her a suitable farewell. The 
"Atlanta," owing to her drawing fifteen feet of water when loaded for the 
intended cruise, and St. Augustine's Creek not being deep enough to float 
her in this condition, she only took on board her crew at Savannah, and 
steamed down the river, drawing but eleven feet of water. Her provisions 
and stores followed her upon some gun-boats belonging to Tatnall's musquito 



fleet, and when she had successfully passed through St. Augustine's Creek, 
which runs from Cranston's Bluff to the head of the Wilmington river, she 
then received on board all her stores, provisions, ammunition &c., and was 
made ready for action. It occupied six days in getting her down safely from 
Savannah to the head of 'Wilmingtoii river. 

now WE KNEW SHE WAS COMING. 

We were fully apprised of this intended excursion by deserters who, from 
time to time, have escaped from tlie " Atlanta," and unbosomed their lie.irts 
to Admiral Dupont Irom these cljivalric sons Admiral fupont learned that 
the "Atlanta" was about to assume the offensive, and imitate her worthy 
predecessor, the "Merrimac." Accordingly, ten days ago he sent the 
"Weehawken," Captain John Rodgers commanding, and the "'Nahant," 
Commander Dov/ns, to v,-atch the "• Atlanta," and give her every satisfaction 
which she might demand. The " Weeh.awken" and •■ Nahant" proceeded to 
Wassaw Sound, and took up their positions near the mouth of the Wilming- 
ton river, which empties into this Sound. 

THE " ATLANTA" STEAMS INTO SIGHT. 

Cajitain Rodgers stationed a picket-boat every night up the river, in order 
that he might not be taken unawares, and the two Monitors rode at anchor, 
anxiously awaiting an introduction to their mutual enemy. On the morn- 
ing of the 17th the picket-boat, as was its wont, had returned to the " Wee- 
hawken," and the men having reported no suspicious-looking steamer, 
turned into their bunks, where the rest of the crew were already enjoying 
themselves in a sleep undisturbed, except, perhaps, by the vision of a sink- 
ing ram. When the picket returned it was about 5 o'clock, A. M., and 
hardly had they bunked before the " Atlanta" was seen coming down the 
river, some three miles distant. She was coming at a rapid rate, and was 
followed by two wooden gun-boats. 

THE MONITORS PREPARE FOR ACTION. 

No time was to be lost, and the Monitors were ready for action in less 
time than I can describe it. Owing to its being flood-tide the Monitors were 
not •• bow on," that is, their steins were toward the " Atlanta," and it was 
necessary for proper action that they should turn around and face the ene- 
my. For fear, on accottnt of the shallowness of the water, that he might 
run aground in executing this manoeuvre. Captain Rodgers steamed down 
the Sound, as also did the "Nahant," to deep water, and having successfully 
turned, he steamed up with all haste to meet the '-Atlanta," which wus 
coming down upon him with full speed, intending, beyond a doubt, hght. 
WHAT THE "ATLANTA" PROPOSED TO DO. 

In order that you may fully appreciate the sequel to this Rebel adventure, 
I will here, while the " Atlanta" and the Monitors are approaching each 
other, narrate, as I have it from the officers themselves, the object and in- 
tention of their expedition. The following was their plan : — They were 
fully aware of the presence of the '• M eehawken" and the ''Nahant" in 
"Wassaw Sound, but they intended to engage these Monitors, and having 
captured them, to send them up in tow of their gun-boats to Savannah. If, 
on engaging our Monitors, they found themselves unable to whip and cap- 
ture them, then they intended to run past them and put out to sea. Having 
gained the ocean, they were to proceed inmiediately to C harleston harbor, 
and engage the blockading fleet there in conjunction with the Rebel rams at 
Charleston, wliich were to come down to our tleet upon certain signals, which 
liad alreatly been agreed upon, being made by the "Atlanta." 



Our blockaders having been annihilated, the " Atlanta" and her consorts 
would proceed to Wilmington and raise our blockade there in a similar 
manner. After these important victories had been gained, then an indis- 
criminate raid upon the Northern sea-board towns and cities was to be 
made, and general havoc ensue upon the land and sea. This was their in- 
tention ; let us see how 

"The best laid schemes of men and mice, gang aft aglee." 
But before detailing the engagement I would, for the amusement of your 
female readers, state that the two wooden gun-boats which accompanied the 
"Atlanta" were crowded with Savannah ladies, who had come down to see 
the abominable Yankees receive a severe castigation, and wave their per- 
fumed cambrics at the victorious '■ Atlanta" as she proudly steamed out to 
sea covered with glory, while they would escort back to Savannah our dis- 
abled Monitors. 

THE " ATLANTA" OPENS THE BALL. 
r,ut we left the '-Atlanta" steaming down upon our Monitors, while the 
latter, especially the " Weehawken," were making counter advances. The 
" Nahant," for some reason or other, did not seem to get along very well, 
and the " Weehawken" soon left her some <iistance astern. The " Atlanta," 
when she arrived within six hundred yards of the " Weehawken." ran 
aground, but succeeded in immediately backing oft" and regaining her 
course. But again, as if some strange fatality attended her, she ran aground 
the second time, and in this condition opened fire upon the " Weehawken," 
which was then within four hundred yards of her. Our officers, how. ver, 
did not know that the "Atlanta" was aground until the action was over.— 
The first shot which the "Atlanta" fired was from her pivot gun, but it fell 
short of the " Weehawken," and demonstrated that the gunner who sighted 
that shot was a novice in the art. 

TCE "WEEHAWKEN" IS COURTEOUS AS USUAL. 
Captain Rodgers himself, anxious as ever for a good beginning, sighted his 
fifteen-inch gun, loaded with a solid shot, and awiy went this huge missile 
against the shutter of the starboard aft port-hole^ and shivering it as 
well as the iron and wood-work adjoining, fell off into the water without 
doing further injury. The " Atlanta," in reply, fired another shot from her 
pivot-gun, which, like its predecessor, fell short. 

Captain Rodgers again sighted his fifteen-inch pet, and the solid shot 
hurled through the air, carrying away, in its fearful passage, the top of the 
pilot house of the " Atlanta." The falling iron and wood work wounded 
severely two out of the three pilots, so that the "Atlanta" was not only with 
but one pilot, but also minus her pilot-house covering. 

Nothing daunted, however, she returned the fire from her fore starboard 
gun, but alas for the aim, the shot filled to hit the " Weehawken." Rotigers 
again sighted, and grazed the wreck of the pilot-house. The " Atlanta" did 
not return the fire, and again the " Weeliawken" sent forth a fifteen-inch 
which went completely through the " Atlanta's" smoke stack. To this the 
"Atlanta" replied with her pivot-gun, and her sliot fell within two feet of 
the " Weehawken." When within a hundred yards of the Rebel craft Cap- 
tain Rodgers, wishing to encourage such a laudable ambition on the part (-f 
the " Atlanta's" guns, sighted his gun for the fifth shot, and crash went the 
solid fifteen-inch ball against the "Atlanta's" side, just aft of the starboard 
fore port hole. You can judge of the velocity of this shot when I tell 
you that it completely bent in a ^vroug•ht iron armor four inches thick, and 



shivered into fragments a twelve-inch thickness of live oak plank, and a 
six-inch thickness of Georgia pine plank. Tliese flying fragments struck 
the men working the larboard fore gun, killing one and wounding thirteen 
of them. The force of the blow was so great tliat every man worlving the 
pivot-gun fell to the deck completely stunned. The ball itself rolled off 
from the " Atlanta's" side and fell into the water. 

THE " ATLANTA" SHOWS THE WHITE FLAG. 

This last shot 5f the " Weehawken" caused all visions of the blockade, 
Charleston and Wilmington, to rapidly fade trom the mental vision of the 
"Atlanta's" ofiBcers, and immediately the white flag was seen waving from 
the wreck of her pilot-house. Ihe action was only of fifteen minutes' dura- 
tion, and she fell a prize to the ■' Weehawken's" prowess in twenty-six 
minutes from the time she appeared in sight; and as the white flag fluttered 
from her deck, the Savannah Ladies were seen rapidly going up \\ ilmington 
river to bear to the people of Savannah not the glorious news of victory, but 
the sad tidings of defeat. 

DETAILS OF THE SURRENDER. 

Upon seeing the white flag our men cheered most lustily, and Captain 
Rodgers immediately dispatched Captain Harmony, of the " Weehawken," 
in a small boat, to the " Atlanta," to receive her commander's sword and 
to take possession of her in the name of the Navy of the United States. As 
soon as Captain Harmony arrived on board he received the sword of Captain 
Webb; hauled down the new Confederate flag which was flying at her stern, 
and ran up our own victorious ensign. He then went forward, and was or- 
dering his men to cast anchor, when Captain Webb exclaimed, '• for God's 
sake, Captain, don't cast off these anchors, we have a torpedo underneath 
this bow." Captain Harmony turned to him with the utmost 7i07iclialance 
and said, " I don't care anything about your torpedoes, 1 can stand them if 
ycu can, and if you don't wish to be blown up with me, you had better tell 
me how to raise the torpedo." 

To this Captain Webb readily assented, and calling some of his men, pul- 
leys were attached to a large iron rod which ran out from the prow, and soon 
there appeared coming out of the water a huge torpedo attached to the end 
of this rod, which projected twenty feet beyoml the bow. Captain Harmony 
ordered his men to carefully remove the cap from the torpedo and then fill 
it with water, in order that the powder might be destroyed. This was done, 
and the torpedo, holding fifty pounds of powder, was raised aloft on this 
rod, and was secured at an angle of about forty-five degrees fi'om the deck. 
THE OFFICERS OF THE "ATLANTA." 

A remarkable circumstance in this affair is the fact that Captain William 
Webb, formerly a Lieutenant in our Navy and commanding the " Atlanta," 
is an old schoolmate of Captain John Rodgers, who commands the " AVee- 
hawken." Captain Harmony also found that the other officers were old and 
intimate acquaintances of his before the Rebellion occurred. I have no 
doubt but that these discoveries lent an additional zest to the victory. 
SPEECH OF CAPTAIN WEBB. 

Captain Webb, after surrendering Ids vessel, summoned the crew on deck, 
and addressed them as follows : — •• I have surrendered our vessel because 
circumstances over which I had no control, have compelled me to do so. I 
know that yoii started upon this expedition with high hopes, and you have 
been disappointed. I most earnestly wish it had happened otherwise but 



ri-ovidcnce, for some good reason, has interfered with our plans, and we have 
failed of success. You all know that if we had not run aground the result 
would have been different, and now that a regard for your lives has influ- 
enced me in this surrender, I would advise you to submit quietly to the fate 
which has overtaken us. I hope that we may all soon be returned to our 
homes and meet again in a common brotherhood." 

At the conclusion of this speech. Captain Webb became so effected that he 
fainted. "\\ hat a contrast this spcecli presents to the one which the same 
man had delivered upon that same deck, to the same crew, but an hour pre- 
vious, when he promised them in a grandiloquent oration, that "before 
breakfast we shall have in tow the Yankee Monitors." 

THE CREW OF TOE " ATLANTA." 

One cannot imagine a more villainous-looking set of men than this same 
"Atlanta" crew. They are all Oeorgia "crackers," the poorest '"white 
trash" of Georgia, without education, or anything, in fact, which would en- 
title them to be called men, except that they have the human form. Not 
one man among them is a sailor, but they are all soldiers. The officers being 
perfect gentlemen, compared strangely with this gang of cut-throats. The 
men, however, were greivously disappointed, and loudly declaimed against 
their ill-luck 

Fourteen officers and fifty men, including those wounded, were transferred 
to the steamer '-Island City," and the remainder of the officers and crew 
were placed on boaril of the " Oleander." Tliey were all brought up to this 
place yesterday morning, and again transferred to the United States steam- 
ship " Vermont," and tiie wounded properly cared for. This afternoon they 
were all put aboard the United States gun-boat "James Adger," which will 
carry them to New York. The entire crew, officers and men, number one 
hundred and sixty-five, and a more dejected looking set of naval heroes never 
trod the deck of our gun-boat before. 

WHAT WAS FOUND ON BOARD. 

Upon examining our prize Captain Rodgers found that she had an immense 
stock of provisions and stores. These, at the least calculation, were amply 
sufficient for a two month's cruise, and of the best quality. The clothing 
found on her was of a superior make and texture, and sutticient to keep the 
crew well clothed for a year. Tier chronometers and sextants of which she 
had a large number, were very choice and valuable. The officers' quarters 
Avere fitted up very luxuriously, and revealed a well selected stock of liquors, 
segars, tobacco, &c. Everything about her, in fact, indicated not only that 
she was a pet of the Rebels, but that her unfortunate voyagers had started 
upon a long cruise. 

THE ARMAMENT OF THE " ATLANTA." 

The " Atlanta" is armed with four guns, one seven-inch pivot gun fore and 
aft and two six-inch guns on each broadside. These guns are all the Ihooks' 
guns which, you will recollect, made such good execution against our iron- 
clads in the late attack on Charleston. They are also, all rifled, and throw 
that long steel-pointed missile of English uianuf icture. The '• Atlanta" has 
two magazines, one fore and one aft, well protected, and upon opening one 
of them five hundred rounds of ammunition was found in it. The other 
magazine is supposed to contain the same amount and, indeed, her officers 
say that she has on board one thousand rounds. When you consider that 
one hundred rounds is a ship's regular armament, you cannot but conclude 
that the " Atlanta's" cruise intended some damage. She had also, in addi- 



tion, a plentiful supply of torpedoes, cutlasses, boarding pikes, guns , revolv- 
ers, &c. Her armament is truly gigantic. 

DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERIOR. 

She has inside three decks ; first, the gun-deck, one hundi-ed feet long by 
forty wide ; immediately below this is a deck one hundred and eighty feet 
long, which is subdivided into Captain's cabin, aft, the ward-room, the petty 
officers' quarters, and forward the men's quarters. Below this deck is the 
third, the orlop deck, in which are stored all the stores, provisions, Ac, Im- 
mediately fore and aft of this deck are the magazines. The engines and 
their necessary complements, of course occupy the centre of the vessel. — 
These engines are the same which were in her when she ran the blockade as 
the old " Fingal." They were built on the Clyde, and are models for their 
beauty and action. 

THE ARMOR OF THE " ATLANTA." 

First and on the outside were the wrought iron bars, six inches wide by 
two inches thick, running perpendicularly with her side, and properly 
secured, both above and below, by rivets and bolts. Aci'oss these bars, hori- 
zontally, and on the inside, ran bars of like material and pattern, fastened to 
the outside layer by the strongest rivets. "Within this layer, and fastened to 
it, were six thicknesses of live oak two inch plank also, running perpendicu- 
larly and horizontally, and again within these were three more similar 
thicknesses of Georgia pine plank, forming the last series of her armor — 
You will thus see that her armor is twenty-two inches thick, and presenting 
all the solidity which could be given it by four inches of wrought iron, twelve 
inches of live oak, and six inches of Georgia pine. 

Her port holes however, were made especially strong. Extra layers of 
iron and plank, so that the embiasuie measures, from the inside to the out- 
side, forty inches. These port holes were a foot and a-half long by one foot 
in width, and were protected by wrought iron shutters, tormed by twu 
transverse layers of iron bars, of the same dimensions as those which com- 
pose her armor. These shutters hung upon a pivot, firmly adjusted over 
the port hole, and were i-aised or lowered by a small chain which, being 
attached to the side of each shutter, ran through a small aperture into the 
gun-deck. 

CONSTRUCTION OF THE PILOT-HOUSE. 

Forward of the smoke stack was an elevation on the top deck, to all ap- 
pearances like as a cone; upon this cone was a small square look-out, just 
large enough on the inside to allow a man's head to turn with freedom. On 
each side of this look-out were two large apertures, in the shape of parallelo- 
grams, slanting towai'ds the interior, and presenting to the pilot's optics in 
the look-out, two look-outs, an inch and a-half long by an inch wide. This 
look-out was of wrought iron, four inches thick, and the cone upon which it 
stood was the same thickness, with this additional strength, however, that 
the interior of the pilot-hom-e being square, the interstices between the sides 
of the upper part of the pilot-house and the concave surf-ice of the cone were 
filled with eight inch, square, live-oak blocks. From the top of the look-out 
to the base of the cone was but two feet and a-half, so that the pilot exposed 
only about one-third of his person, the rest of the pilot house being within 
the body of the ship, and reached by a step-ladder from the gun-deck. The 
second shot from the " Weehawken," although it was a glancing one, 
wrenched off this look-out and smashed in the cone. From this pilot-house 
were seven speaking tubes connecting with their appropriate rooms below. 
and all properly lettered and numbered, so that the man at the wheel can 
readily communicate with those below. 



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OUTSIDE DIMENSIONS OF THE " ATLANTA." 

Her length froin bow to stern-post is 180 feet. The gun-deck covering is 

iin ' 1 K M^y?* ^T^ ^"f '^\^^'^ '" ^^''•^'^^' ^"d at its'top about SO feet in 
length by 14 feet in breadth. You will thus see that her roof does not slore 
?hP Inrf\? "''' l^ut lias a very respectable top deck. From the gun-deck lo 
the 1 oof the perpendicular height is 6 feet, and the sides of the roof sloping 
fL ° ^"g.^^;'f .^S/l-^S'-ees, the standing height is S feet. 'Ihe lower edge of 
the roof IS 20 inches above water mark, so that she stands above the water 
f.n?V r^^' *^.''"J ^'^'" .'^ft '-oof edge it is 40 feet to the stern-post, and 
from her fore roof edge it is also 40 feet to her bow. The distance from her 
gun-deck to her keel is 16 feet and a fraction over. Her steering; apparatus 
IS perfect^ and her rudder completely submerged in the water, thereby bein- 
wate? iTne imaginable. Her iron plating extends two feet below thi 

THE TORPEDO ARRANGEMENT. 
«,.h*J^t^''''^''"* that the Rebels have taught us a good lesson on the torpedo 
subject as connected with ironclads, from which we may well afford to learn 
It has been a question how a torpedo could be safely carried in front of a 
vessel without interfering with its steering and other movements, and be at 
the sa^me time secure from explosion until the proper time. The "Atlanta's" 
torpedo gearing solves the question. The forward part of the ram of the 
-Atlanta ' is solid iron, 20 feet in length, and so overlaid by steel bars with 
their ends protruding below the cut-water, that a huge steel saw is formed 
which would cut any wooden gun-boat in existence. This rain at its bow 
end comes to a point, if I may so call it. about eight inches square. 

ironi the deck of this iron ram, just ahead of its juncture with the vessel 
arises a strong iron bar with a pivot at the top, to which is attached a mas- 
sive iron boom which runs just over the rain's prow, and then forming an 
e bow, It descends three feet below the water-line, where it forms another 
elbow, and then running out some two feet it forms at its end a powerful 
socket or ring In this socket is firmly inserted another iron boom, which 
extends beyond the socket eighteen feet, and at its end is hung the tornedo 
all capped and ready for the explosion. From this cap runs an insulated 
wire along the boom and ending in the pilot house, where are necessary 
electru-al arrangements wiih which the pilot can explode the torpedo as soon 
as It IS run under a vessel. You can hardly conceive of a more perfect or 
efficient engine of destruction than such a torpedo, and thus carried The 
iron ram also is savage enough in its appearance, and would saw a hole in a 
wooden vessel without much difficulty. 

THE EXTENT OF THIS VICTORY. 
T ^"^^ *^ ^"* * *^^®^'® description of the Rebel ram "Atlanta," which Capt 
John Rodgers has the honor to present to the Government. She is certainly 
superior in many respects, to any ram yet built. She is a very fast vessel 
She came into the harbor yesterday, in a heavy sea, making seven knots an 
hour, and our officers, as well as her own, say she can, in ordinary weather 
make eleven knots easily. ' 

The "Nahant" did not get up to the scene of action until the surrender 
had been made, so that much to the regret of Commodore Downs he was 
not able to contribute in a positive manner, to the victory, Although he made 
every endeavor to bring the "Nahant" up into action. The "Atlanta" is 
certainly the most valuable prize taken during the war. By this victory 
Capt. Rodgers has endeared himself more than ever to a loyal people Loni 
life and success to Capt. Rodgers, and the valiant crew of the " Weehawken '' 



Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, 
FOOT OF WASHINGTON STREET, 

PHILADELPHIA. 



This Institution was organized May 27tli, 18G1, being the 
first and largest of the kind in the country. 

Supported entirely by Voluntary Contributions from the 
people, it has furnished Refreshments to nearly Four Hundred 
Thousand Soldiers in going to and returning from the Seat of 
War. Since the Enlargement of the Building, there is ample 
room at the tables to accommodate twelve hundred men. 

The Hospital attached to this Saloon, where over five 
thousand patients have received medical attention, was estab- 
lished before any of the Government Hospitals in this city. 

The labor of the Committee being gratuitous, and large 
contributions of provisions having been received, the entire 
outlay, including building, and all incidental expenses, has 
not exceeded Thirty-five Thousand Dollars. 



COMMITTEE OF MANAGERS. 



OFFICERS: 

Chairman, . . ARAD BARROWS I Stetvard, . . 
Bee. Secretary, ... J. B. WADE Physician, . . 
Treasurer, .... B. S. BROWN Cor. Secretary, 



J. T. WILLIAMS 
. , . E. WARD 
ROBT. R. CORSON 



COMMITTEE OF GENTLEMEN. 



Arad Barrows. 
Bazilla S. Brown, 
Joseph B Wade, 
Isaac B. Smith, Sr. 
Erasmus W. Cooper, 
Job T. Williams, 
John W. Hicks. 
George Flomerfelt 



John Krider. Sr. 
Isaac B. Smith, Jr. 
Charles B Grieves, 
Jamea McGlathery, 
John B. Smith, 
Curtis Myers, 
Dr. Eliab Ward, 
Chris. Powell, 



Capt. W. S. Mason, 
Charles S. Clampitt, 
D. L. Flanigan, 
Richard Sharp, 
James Carrell, 
Samuel B. Fales, 
Robt. R. Corson, 
John T. Wilson. 



COMMITTEE OF LADIES. 



Miss 
Mrs. 



Mary G rover. 
Hannah Smith, 
Priscilla Grover, 
Sarah Holland, 
Margaret Boyer, 
Eliza J. Smith, 
Anna Elkinton, 
Ellen B. Barrows^ 
Mary L. Field, 



Mrs. Ellen J. Lowry, 
" Mary D. Wade, 
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" Mary A. Cassedy, 
" Emily Mason, 
" Mary Green, 
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Miss Amanda Lee, 

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Miss 



Mrs. 



Elizabeth Horton, 
Sarah Femington, 
Kate B. Anderson. 
Anna Grover, 
Martha B. Krider, 
Annie Field, 
Mary Grover, 
Hannah F. Bailey, 
Mary Lee. 



